﻿<p>The <em>IfcAxis1Placement</em> provides location and direction of a single axis.</p>
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   Figure 2 illustrates the definition of the <em>IfcAxis1Placement</em> within the parent three-dimensional coordinate system.
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  <td><p class="figure">Figure 2 &mdash; Axis1 placement</p>
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<blockquote class="extDef">NOTE&nbsp; Definition according to ISO/CD 10303-42:1992<br>
The direction and location in three dimensional space of a single axis. An axis1_placement is defined in terms of a
locating point (inherited from placement supertype) and an axis direction: this is either the direction of axis or
defaults to (0.0,0.0,1.0). The actual direction for the axis placement is given by the derived attribute z.
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<blockquote class="note">NOTE&nbsp; Entity adapted from <strong>axis1_placement</strong> defined in ISO10303-42.
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<blockquote class="history">HISTORY&nbsp; New entity in IFC1.5
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